ColorOS

Android-based mobile operating system by Oppo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ColorOS is a user interface created by Oppo based on the Android Open Source Project. Initially, Realme phones used ColorOS until it was replaced by Realme UI in 2020. Realme UI uses some of ColorOS's apps.[2] Starting from the OnePlus 9 series, OnePlus will preinstall ColorOS on all smartphones that are sold in mainland China instead of HydrogenOS (Chinese version of OxygenOS).[3]

DeveloperOppo
OS familyAndroid
Working stateCurrent
Initial releaseSeptember 23, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-23)
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ColorOS
Logo used since 2020
ColorOS 16 home screen
ColorOS 16 home screen
DeveloperOppo
OS familyAndroid
Working stateCurrent
Initial releaseSeptember 23, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-23)
Latest release16.0.5 / 8 March 2026; 3 days ago (2026-03-08)
Latest preview16 / October 28, 2025
Available in67[1] languages
List of languages
  • Global: English and others
  • Català – Catalan
  • Čeština – Czech
  • Dansk – Danish
  • Deutsch (Deutschland) – German (Germany)
  • Deutsch (Schweiz) – German (Switzerland)
  • English (Australia) – English (Australia)
  • English (Ireland) – English (Ireland)
  • English (New Zealand) – English (New Zealand)
  • English (United Kingdom) – English (United Kingdom)
  • English (United States) – English (United States)
  • Español (España) – Spanish (Spain)
  • Español (México) – Spanish (Mexico)
  • Euskara – Basque
  • Filipino – Filipino
  • Français – French
  • Galego – Galician
  • Hrvatski – Croatian
  • Indonesia – Indonesian
  • Italiano – Italian
  • Kiswahili - Swahili
  • Magyar – Hungarian
  • Melayu – Malay
  • Nederlands – Dutch
  • Norsk bokmål – Norwegian Bokmål
  • O‘zbek – Uzbek (Latin)
  • Polski (Polska) – Polish (Poland)
  • Português (Brasil) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • Português (Portugal) – Portuguese (Portugal)
  • Română – Romanian
  • Slovenčina – Slovak
  • Slovenščina – Slovenian
  • Suomi – Finnish
  • Svenska – Swedish
  • Tiếng Việt – Vietnamese
  • Türkçe – Turkish
  • Ελληνικά – Greek
  • Български – Bulgarian
  • Қазақ тілі – Kazakh
  • Русский – Russian
  • Українська – Ukrainian
  • עברית – Hebrew
  • اردو – Urdu
  • العربية – Arabic
  • नेपाली – Nepali
  • मराठी – Marathi
  • हिन्दी – Hindi
  • অসমীয়া – Assamese
  • বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ) – Bangla
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ – Punjabi
  • ગુજરાતી – Gujarati
  • ଓଡ଼ିଆ – Odia
  • தமிழ் – Tamil
  • తెలుగు – Telugu
  • ಕನ್ನಡ – Kannada
  • മലയാളം – Malayalam
  • සිංහල – Sinhala
  • ไทย – Thai
  • བོད་སྐད་ – Tibetan
  • ລາວ – Lao
  • မြန်မာ (Unicode) – Burmese (Unicode)
  • ဗမာ (Zawgyi) – Burmese (Zawgyi)
  • ខ្មែរ – Khmer
  • 한국어 – Korean
  • 日本語 – Japanese
  • 简体中文 – Simplified Chinese
  • 繁體中文 – Traditional Chinese
  • 繁體中文 (香港) – Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)
LicenseProprietary
Official websiteColorOS 16
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History

The first version of ColorOS was launched in September 2013. Oppo had released plenty of Android smartphones before then. It was not stock Android, but Oppo did not label it as ColorOS. Over the years, Oppo launched new official versions of the operating system. Major version 4 was skipped due to the superstitious nature of the number. To make things less confusing, in 2020 the company revealed that it would adopt the same numbering scheme as mainline Android, and as such, ColorOS jumped from ColorOS 7 to ColorOS 11 with the launch of Android 11.

It was announced that ColorOS, OnePlus' Oxygen OS, and Realme's Realme UI will merge to form a single Android skin that will appear on all OnePlus, Oppo and Realme phones.[4] However these plans were cancelled as the three UI's are being developed on the same codebase, but they are separate.[5]

Version history

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Overview of ColorOS versions
Version Initial release date Latest version Latest release date Android version(s)
ColorOS 1 September 23, 2013 Unsupported: 1.4.3i Android 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
ColorOS 2 Unsupported: 2.1.5i Android 4.4, 5
ColorOS 3 March 17, 2016 Unsupported: 3.2 October 26, 2017 Android 5.1, 6, 7
ColorOS 5 March 26, 2018 Unsupported: 5.2.1 October 16, 2018 Android 8
ColorOS 6 March 17, 2019[6] Unsupported: 6.1.2 January 16, 2020 Android 9
Unsupported: 6.7 November 6, 2019 Android 10
ColorOS 7 November 26, 2019 Unsupported: 7.2 June 5, 2020
ColorOS 11 September 14, 2020 Unsupported: 11.3 May 27, 2021 Android 11
ColorOS 12 September 16, 2021 Unsupported: 12.1 February 24, 2022 Android 11, 12
ColorOS 13 September 19, 2022 Unsupported: 13.2 September 29, 2023 Android 13
ColorOS 14 November 16, 2023[7] Supported: 14.1 May 23, 2024 Android 14
ColorOS 15 October 17, 2024[8] Supported: 15.0.2 May 23, 2025 Android 15
ColorOS 16 October 28, 2025[9] Latest version: 16.0.5 March 8, 2026 Android 16
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